Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Battle of the Bards 2012!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6024262" data-attributes="member: 1"><p style="text-align: center"><u><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><span style="color: red">VOTING HAS BEGUN!</span></strong></span></u></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">HEAT 1: Won by MARY CROWELL with I PUT MY LOW STAT</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000">HEAT 2:<span style="font-size: 15px"> Won by MISSISSIPPI BONES with DUNGEON HUSTLE</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px">HEAT 3: Won by AJ with CLICHE RPG SONG</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px">HEAT 4: Won by W. Scott Snyder with LEVEL ONE</span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px">FINAL: Begins Monday Dec 17th.</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red">ENTRIES CLOSED! </span></span></strong>Calling all bards! Get ready for the greatest musical event ever to strike role-playing-games! OK, the<em> only</em> musical event ever to strike role-playing-games. But you get our drift! </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Welcome to BATTLE OF THE BARDS. It's time to face the music!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">It's a song competition and it works like this: you create a song, you record and send it to us, and then legions* of adoring fans vote for the winner. We'll take the winner and make an awesome animated video with it which you can take and show to your friends; we'll publish it on our YouTube channel, too. And we'll offer you a paid contract to write (and possibly perform) a song in our animated show, THE PERTURBED DRAGON.</span></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">[video=youtube;b2IgOQYDihU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2IgOQYDihU[/video]</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">No, nobody's gonna get rich or famous from this - not you, and not us! It's all in the name of fun and community. So, if you feel it's something you might find fun, give it a shot! </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[h=1]RULES[/h]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">1. You may enter multiple songs up to a maximum of three entries.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">2. Your <strong>lyrics</strong> must be an original creation. You may compose your own music (an original composition) or you may use existing music and set your words to it (a song parody along the lines of Al Yankovich).</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">3. Your entry can be serious or funny, happy or sad - anything you want. But it must be about RPGs in some way.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">4. You should record your entry in .mp3 format and send it to </span><a href="mailto:morrus@hotmail.com"><span style="font-size: 12px">morrus@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"> and cc it to <a href="mailto:ddvmor@gmail.com">ddvmor@gmail.com</a> with the subject line: "<strong>BOTB Song Entry: [Song Title]</strong>". One email per entry.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">4a. Alternatively, you are welcome to send us a video instead, with the same email requirements. Videos can be in any major video format.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">5. You must also include the full lyrics of your song!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">6. Your email should also include: your name(s), song name, your location (town - we don't need your full address at this stage but we need to be able to say "Bob from Springfield" or wherever). You MAY choose a stage name or a group name instead of your real name(s) if you prefer not to make your real name(s) public, but we must know your real name(s) for legal reasons. If you prefer us to refer to you by your chosen stage name, let us know in your email.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">6a. If your song is a parody (uses the tune of an existing song) be sure to mention it in your email. There's no guarantee we'll recognise it!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">7. Your email MUST also include the <strong>LEGAL STATEMENT</strong> noted below or it will be discarded.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">8. Your entry may include no profanity or statements of an offensive, racist, sexist, or other discriminatory nature. This is a family-friendly competition.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">9. BATTLE OF THE BARDS is open to all amateur and professional songwriters and anyone regardless of nationality or origin.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">10. Entrant retains all ownership rights to all submitted song(s). EN World will not have any ownership rights to any song(s) submitted. However, you will be granting EN World a license to <em>use</em> the song(s).</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">11. All genres of music are admissible.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[h=1]SUBMISSION PERIOD[/h]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">You have until 31st October 2012 to send in your entry. Entries received after midnight at the end of that day (GMT) will NOT be counted.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[h=1]VOTING[/h]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Public voting will begin on November 5th and will last until the end of that month. We reserve the right to split entries into separate categories if necessary. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Voting will take place on </span><a href="http://www.enworld.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px">www.enworld.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px">. All valid entries will be made available for public voting. The exact method will be announced at the time.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[h=1]LEGAL STATEMENT[/h]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">We do need to cover our backs, so each entry MUST contain the following written statement in your email: </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">"I, [your REAL name], warrant that this entry does not infringe any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties. I hereby indemnify and hold EN World harmless from and against any claims inconsistent with the foregoing. I grant EN World a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to play, broadcast, alter, benefit from, and distribute this entry in any form it sees fit. I furthermore warrant that I am empowered to grant this license. This does not affect my own rights to use my entry as I see fit."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">What this means is that EN World is protected in case you go all crazy and decide to start suing us, or in case you 'borrowed' your friend's work without telling him; and gives us the ability to flexibly use the work without hindrance in order to effectively run the competition. It doesn't take away your ownership of your work.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[h=1]Timeline[/h]</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">29 September 2012 - competition launches</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">31 October 2012 - closing date for entries</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px">5 November 2012 - public voting begins</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 12px">[h=1]Have fun![/h]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The most important thing - have fun! Don't take this too seriously; it's all in the name of fun. We hope you enjoy it and that some entertaining things come out of it for everyone to enjoy!</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">*By which we mean three. Maybe as many as seven</span>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6024262, member: 1"] [CENTER][U][SIZE=5][B][COLOR=red]VOTING HAS BEGUN![/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/U][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000]HEAT 1: Won by MARY CROWELL with I PUT MY LOW STAT[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000]HEAT 2:[SIZE=4] Won by MISSISSIPPI BONES with DUNGEON HUSTLE [SIZE=4]HEAT 3: Won by AJ with CLICHE RPG SONG [SIZE=4]HEAT 4: Won by W. Scott Snyder with LEVEL ONE [SIZE=4]FINAL: Begins Monday Dec 17th.[/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] [SIZE=3][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]ENTRIES CLOSED! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]Calling all bards! Get ready for the greatest musical event ever to strike role-playing-games! OK, the[I] only[/I] musical event ever to strike role-playing-games. But you get our drift! [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Welcome to BATTLE OF THE BARDS. It's time to face the music![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]It's a song competition and it works like this: you create a song, you record and send it to us, and then legions* of adoring fans vote for the winner. We'll take the winner and make an awesome animated video with it which you can take and show to your friends; we'll publish it on our YouTube channel, too. And we'll offer you a paid contract to write (and possibly perform) a song in our animated show, THE PERTURBED DRAGON.[/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=3][video=youtube;b2IgOQYDihU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2IgOQYDihU[/video][/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=3]No, nobody's gonna get rich or famous from this - not you, and not us! It's all in the name of fun and community. So, if you feel it's something you might find fun, give it a shot! [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][h=1]RULES[/h][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]1. You may enter multiple songs up to a maximum of three entries.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]2. Your [B]lyrics[/B] must be an original creation. You may compose your own music (an original composition) or you may use existing music and set your words to it (a song parody along the lines of Al Yankovich).[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]3. Your entry can be serious or funny, happy or sad - anything you want. But it must be about RPGs in some way.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]4. You should record your entry in .mp3 format and send it to [/SIZE][EMAIL="morrus@hotmail.com"][SIZE=3]morrus@hotmail.com[/SIZE][/EMAIL][SIZE=3] and cc it to [EMAIL="ddvmor@gmail.com"]ddvmor@gmail.com[/EMAIL] with the subject line: "[B]BOTB Song Entry: [Song Title][/B]". One email per entry.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]4a. Alternatively, you are welcome to send us a video instead, with the same email requirements. Videos can be in any major video format.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]5. You must also include the full lyrics of your song![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]6. Your email should also include: your name(s), song name, your location (town - we don't need your full address at this stage but we need to be able to say "Bob from Springfield" or wherever). You MAY choose a stage name or a group name instead of your real name(s) if you prefer not to make your real name(s) public, but we must know your real name(s) for legal reasons. If you prefer us to refer to you by your chosen stage name, let us know in your email.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]6a. If your song is a parody (uses the tune of an existing song) be sure to mention it in your email. There's no guarantee we'll recognise it![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]7. Your email MUST also include the [B]LEGAL STATEMENT[/B] noted below or it will be discarded.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]8. Your entry may include no profanity or statements of an offensive, racist, sexist, or other discriminatory nature. This is a family-friendly competition.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]9. BATTLE OF THE BARDS is open to all amateur and professional songwriters and anyone regardless of nationality or origin.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]10. Entrant retains all ownership rights to all submitted song(s). EN World will not have any ownership rights to any song(s) submitted. However, you will be granting EN World a license to [I]use[/I] the song(s).[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]11. All genres of music are admissible.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][h=1]SUBMISSION PERIOD[/h][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]You have until 31st October 2012 to send in your entry. Entries received after midnight at the end of that day (GMT) will NOT be counted.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][h=1]VOTING[/h][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Public voting will begin on November 5th and will last until the end of that month. We reserve the right to split entries into separate categories if necessary. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Voting will take place on [/SIZE][URL="http://www.enworld.org"][SIZE=3]www.enworld.org[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=3]. All valid entries will be made available for public voting. The exact method will be announced at the time.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][h=1]LEGAL STATEMENT[/h][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]We do need to cover our backs, so each entry MUST contain the following written statement in your email: [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]"I, [your REAL name], warrant that this entry does not infringe any copyrights or any other rights of any third parties. I hereby indemnify and hold EN World harmless from and against any claims inconsistent with the foregoing. I grant EN World a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to play, broadcast, alter, benefit from, and distribute this entry in any form it sees fit. I furthermore warrant that I am empowered to grant this license. This does not affect my own rights to use my entry as I see fit."[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]What this means is that EN World is protected in case you go all crazy and decide to start suing us, or in case you 'borrowed' your friend's work without telling him; and gives us the ability to flexibly use the work without hindrance in order to effectively run the competition. It doesn't take away your ownership of your work.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][h=1]Timeline[/h][/SIZE] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3]29 September 2012 - competition launches[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]31 October 2012 - closing date for entries[/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3]5 November 2012 - public voting begins[/SIZE] [/LIST] [SIZE=3][h=1]Have fun![/h][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The most important thing - have fun! Don't take this too seriously; it's all in the name of fun. We hope you enjoy it and that some entertaining things come out of it for everyone to enjoy![/SIZE] [SIZE=1]*By which we mean three. Maybe as many as seven[/SIZE]. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Battle of the Bards 2012!
Top